Senior design project 

This report describes the development of a smart grid testbed using Real Time Digital Simulator and some of controllers that are used by EE researchers. This testbed will be the core of the Smart Grid Demonstration and Research Investigation Lab in Qatar University. It will be used by researchers, post-graduate students and instructors in QU for testing and validating smart grid applications since it is a hot topic these days due to the high increment in power demand as the time goes. Consequently, the need of a more robust, efficient and reliable power system is mandatory. The testbed will cover the desperate need for an inexpensive, reliable way for testing new ideas or applications in high voltage power systems.